,Chapter 01
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant
b. suffix
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. before
b. after
c. death
d. life
e. beyond
6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. mouth
, b. intestine
c. stomach
d. liver
e. bladder
7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. combining form
d. compound word
e. suffix
8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. vowel
d. consonant
e. letter o
9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepat/o
c. hepatoma
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. another word root
e. consonant
11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. small
b. specialist
c. condition
d. pertaining to
e. treatment
12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. middle part of the word
d. combining form
e. word root
13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem
, b. combining vowel
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
a. gastritis
b. hepatoma
c. cardiology
d. monocyte
e. nephritis
15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes
b. suffixes
c. vowels
d. consonants
e. word roots
16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. pain
b. blood
c. excision
d. rupture
e. inflammation
17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. pelv/i/metry
b. pelv/i/scope
c. pelv/i/scopy
d. pelv/i/meter
e. pelv/i/therm
18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. nuclear
b. nucleolus
c. nuclei
d. nucleic
e. nucleii
19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound
b. stress
c. silent letter
d. long sound
e. diphthong
20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat/o
b. -itis
c. gastr/o
d. cardi
e. peri-
2. In macroglossia (large tongue), macro- is a:
a. consonant
b. suffix
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
3. Which of the following is an example of a combining vowel linking one root to another root?
a. gastr/itis
b. gastr/o/dynia
c. gastr/o/esophag/itis
d. gastr/o/megaly
e. gastr/oma
4. Identify the vowel that is commonly attached to a word root to create a combining form.
a. a
b. e
c. i
d. o
e. u
5. What does the prefix in post/mortem mean?
a. before
b. after
c. death
d. life
e. beyond
6. What is the meaning of gastr/o?
a. mouth
, b. intestine
c. stomach
d. liver
e. bladder
7. A therm/o/meter is an instrument for measuring temperature. In this word, -meter is a(n):
a. adjective
b. verb
c. combining form
d. compound word
e. suffix
8. To build a medical word, use a combining form before a suffix that begins with a:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. vowel
d. consonant
e. letter o
9. Which of the following is a word root?
a. hepat
b. hepat/o
c. hepatoma
d. -megaly
e. hepatomegaly
10. A combining form is a word root plus a(n):
a. prefix
b. vowel
c. suffix
d. another word root
e. consonant
11. What does the suffix -ior mean?
a. small
b. specialist
c. condition
d. pertaining to
e. treatment
12. Define medical words by first defining the:
a. prefix
b. suffix
c. middle part of the word
d. combining form
e. word root
13. The word element always located at the beginning of a medical word is a:
a. word stem
, b. combining vowel
c. word root
d. prefix
e. combining form
14. Which of the following terms contains a prefix?
a. gastritis
b. hepatoma
c. cardiology
d. monocyte
e. nephritis
15. Word endings are called:
a. prefixes
b. suffixes
c. vowels
d. consonants
e. word roots
16. What does the suffix -itis mean?
a. pain
b. blood
c. excision
d. rupture
e. inflammation
17. Which word means instrument for measuring the pelvis?
a. pelv/i/metry
b. pelv/i/scope
c. pelv/i/scopy
d. pelv/i/meter
e. pelv/i/therm
18. What is the plural form of nucleus?
a. nuclear
b. nucleolus
c. nuclei
d. nucleic
e. nucleii
19. Vowels marked with a macron (¯) indicate:
a. short sound
b. stress
c. silent letter
d. long sound
e. diphthong
20. The letter combination ps at the beginning of a word (as in psychosis) is pronounced:
a. “pee”
